Stud-plate unit for hose supporters and the like



Aug. 31, 1943- w. s. PAlNTr-:R

STUD-PLATE UNIT FOR HOSE SUPPQRTERS AND THE LIKE Filed Oct. 27. 1942Patented Aug. 31, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT ori-*ICE STUD-PLATE UNIT`FORV HOSE SPPORTERS` AND THE LIKE Walter S. Painter, Middlebury,Connwassignonto Waterbury Buckle Company, Waterbury, Conn., acorporation of Connecticut Application october 27, 1942, serial No.463,467

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in fittings for use onhose-supporters and other garment-supporters, and relates moreparticularly to improvements in stud-plate units for such supporters, i.e., fittings adapted to be suspended from webbing or the like and havinga stud-projection for cooperation with a loop for holding hose or otheritemsof personal wear.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a superiorstud-plate unit which may be produced at a low cost for manufacture andwhich will eiectively serve as a garment-supporting member.

Another object of` the present invention is to provide a superiorstud-plate unit which may be readily produced from sheet materials such,for instance, as from sheet steel, sheet brass, or sheet syntheticresin.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear to thoseskilled in the art from the present disclosure, this invention includesall features in the said disclosure which are novel overthe prior art.

In theaecompanying drawing, in which certain modes of carrying out thepresent invention are shown for illustrative purposes:

Fig. 1 is a View in front elevation of the lower portion of ahose-supporter in which is included a stud-plate unit embodying thepresent invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View thereof taken on the line 2--2of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the stud-plate unit, detached;

Fig. 4 is a similar view of a pierced blank from which the stud-plateunit of the preceding figures may be formed;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 2, and showing another formo-f stud-plate unit embodying the present invention; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the stud-plate unit of Fig. 5.

The showing of Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive In the device of Figs. 1 to 4inclusive, a studplate I is provided which includes a transverseupper-bar Il, a transverse intermediate-bar I2 and a transverselower-bar I3. All three of these bars II, I2 and I3, just referred to,are integrally united by side-bar portions III-I4.

Vertically between the upper-bar II and the intermediate-bar I2 is anupper web-receiving slot or passage I adapted to have a reach of webbingthreaded therethrough, in a manner as will more fully hereinafterappear. Vertically be- CJI tween the intermediate-bar I2 and thelower-bar I3, the stud-plate is also formed with a lower web-receivingslot o1" passage I6 also adapted to have a reach of webbing threadedtherethrough.

Formed integral'withand bent 4outwardly away from the front-face of thestud-plate IIl is the inner-arm Il of an L.'shaped' stud-projection,generally designed' by the reference .character I8. The inner-end of theinner-arm II is' integrally united with the upper-edge of the`intermediatebar l2. The said stud-projection I8 also includes an'outer-arm IS formed integral .with and bent downwardly from theouter-end of the inner-.arm I1 into parallelism with the front-face ofthe stud-plate I toward and over the slot .IISl and the lower-bar I3 ofthe said stud-plate. The said outer-arm' i9' of theL-shapedstud-projection I8 is wider than the inner-arm II thereof, soasl to provide two oppositely-extending projections which may be aptlydesignated asretaining-ears '2G-2l respectively located on'the oppositesides of the saidarrn I9.

The stud-plate Ijwith its integrali-shaped stud-projection I8, may beconveniently produced from sheet-material such as sheet-brass,sheetsteel, sheet-synthetic-resin, etc., by piercing out a blank 2l suchas is shown in Fig. 4. For a ready understanding of the relationshipsbetween' the blank 2l and the fully-formed stud-plate I0 and thestud-projection IB, similar reference characters have been applied'toFig. 4 plus the reference character a,' in order" to identify the partsof the blank 2| from which the corresponding features of the stud-plateIO'and its stud-projection I8 are formed. l g

The preferred inode of utilizing the stud-plate I0 is'to thread asuitable piece of web generally designated by the reference character22, thro-ugh its respective upper 'and lower web-receiving slots I5 andlI, in a manner best shown in Fig. 2. In the gure referred to, it willbe noted that the back-reach 22a of the web 22 extends downwardlybeneath the upper-bar II of the stud-plate I0 and also beneath theintermediateand lowerbars I2 and I3 thereof. The web is then reversed.around the lower-edge of the lower-bar I3, so as to constitute a secondreach 22D which extends upwardly across the front-face of the lower-barI3 and thence rearwardly through the lower slot I5 and beneath theintermediate-bar I2 and then forwardly through the slot I5 and over theirontface of the upper-bar I I. A short distance above the upper-edge ofthe stud-plate I,'the reach 22b of the web 22 is reversely bent to fornia third reach 22c which is itself wrapped around the shown in Fig. 2.The reaches 22a and 221 of the` web 22 are preferably held togetherimmediately above the upper-bar Il of the stud-plate I by stitchings.

When the lower portion of the retaining-loop 24 is hooked over thestud-projection i3, the respective side-bars thereof will be retainedagainst outward displacement by the respective retainingears 2li-2U.

The stud-plate unit of Figs. 5 and 6 The stud-plate unit of Figs. 5 and6 comprises a stud-plate 21 which may be conveniently formed ofsheet-material and which comprises complementa-1 side-bars 28--28between which laterally extend integral bars. The said bars include asingle-thickness upper-bar 29, a double-thickness intermediate-bar 30and a double-thickness lowerbar 3|. The double-thickness bars Sii and 3|'are produced by reversely folding the lower-edge of a suitable blankbackwardly upon itself.

From the upper-edge of the front lamination of the intermediate-bar 30is bent a stud-projection 32 formed on each of the respective sides ofits outer-portion with a pair of compleniental retaining-ears 33-33adapted to function in the same manner as the retaining-ears 20 beforereferred to, in retaining the lower portion of a loop such as 24,against outward movement.

General considerations After the stud-plate units, above described, areformed from sheet-material, it is preferred that they be given afinishing operation such as will round off all sharp edges. Thisfinishing operation may be conveniently accomplished by tumbling theparts in a manner well understood in the art.

It will be understood that retaining-loops, such as 24, are applied overthe front of the various stud-plate units after a portion of the garmenthas been first placed over the frontor outer-face of the said stud-plateunit. Under these conditions, the loop 24 or its equivalent willdei-lect the material of the garment around the stud-projection in suchmanner that the slippage of the garment relative to the stud-plate unitis effectively prevented under all but extraordinary strain.

The invention may be carried out in other specie ways than those hereinset forth without departing from the spirit and essentialcharacteristics of the invention, and the present embodiments are,therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and notrestrictive, and all changes coming within the meaning and equivalencyrange of the 'appended claims are intended to be embraced therein.

I claim:

1. A stud-plate unit for hose-supporters and the like, comprising: astud-plate having a transverse lower bar, a transverse upper bar and atransverse intermediate bar, the said stud-plate having a lowerweb-receiving slot located between the said transverse lower bar and thesaid transverse intermediate bar and having a relatively small dimensionin a vertical direction, the said stud-plate also having an upperweb-receiving slot located between the said transverse intermediate barand the said transverse upper bar and having va relatively largedimension in a vertical direction; and a stud-projection formed integralwith the upper edge of the said transverse intermediate bar of the saidstud-plate and formed from material displaced from the said relativelylarge upper web-receiving slot, the said stud-projection extendingoutwardly and downwardly from one face of the said intermediate bartoward the said lower bar and into position for entry into the loop of ahose-supporter or the like.

2. A stud-plate unit for hose-supporters and the like, comprising: astud-plate having a transverse lower bar, a transverse upper bar and atransverse intermediate bar, the said stud-plate having a lowerweb-receiving slot located between the said transverse lower bar and thesaid transverse intermediate bar and having a relatively small dimensionin a vertical direction, the said stud-plate also having an upperweb-receiving slot located between the said transverse intermediate barand the said transverse upper bar and having a relatively largedimension in a vertical direction; and `an L.shaped stud-projectionformed integral with the upper edge of the said transverse intermediatebar of the said stud-plate and formed from material displaced from thesaid relatively large upper web-receiving slot, the said stud-projectionhaving one arm extending laterally outwardly away from one face of thestudplate, the said stud-projection also having a second 'arm integralwith the outer end of the rstmentioned arm and projecting therefromtoward the lower bar of the said stud-plate.

WALTER S. PAINTER.

